Where does “rūm” come from?

rūm (Livonian) comes from Middle Low German rūm, from Old Saxon rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

rūm (Livonian): space(s), premise(s)

Definitions

  1. space(s), premise(s)

Ancestry of “rūm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanrūm—
2Old Saxonrūm—
3Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
4Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rūm →